Rainbox, the studio behind the international hit Winx Club, will be taking the 26 half hour episodes of Rainbow Academy to the annual animation festival in Cannes.

"To say we're excited about Royal Academy is an understatement, as this new series is going to be phenomenal," said Iginio Straffi, chairman and CEO of Rainbow Group.

"This is the product of many years work by the Rainbow team and everything about it - animation, script, voice acting and music - is absolutely top notch, so everybody is going to be blown away when they see it."